By Rashid Khan Lesson 10-From Here to There: Remote Installation of the Windows XP Professional Client.

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Lesson 10-From Here to There: Remote Installation of the Windows XP Professional Client

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Overview Configure a server for Remote Installation

Services. Configure Remote Installation Services. Perform a remote installation of Windows

XP Professional. Create an image from a reference

computer.

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Configure a Server for Remote Installation Services Remote Installation Services (RIS) is used

to install client operating systems over the network.

To use RIS on a network, at least one server should have RIS installed.

RIS works in two modes.

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Configure a Server for Remote Installation Services RIS hardware requirements RIS software requirements

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RIS Hardware Requirements Sufficient hard drive space is required to

store the operating system images. At least 4GB of space is recommended. A network interface card (NIC) is also

necessary.

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RIS Software Requirements Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP must be

installed and running on the network. RIS requires a TCP/IP-based network.

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Configure Remote Installation Services Operating system considerations. Additional RIS configuration settings.

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Operating System Considerations RIS supports flat images for:

Client-level operating systems – Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional.

Server operating systems – Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server, and Windows Server 2003 Web, Standard, and Enterprise Editions (both 32- and 64-bit).

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Operating System Considerations Licensing considerations:

Microsoft offers different volume licensing packages.

For products that use a product activation key, it is possible to get a Volume Licensing Key (VLK).

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Additional RIS Configuration Settings Group policy settings Server property settings

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Group Policy Settings

Editing the Default Domain Policy through the domain properties in Active Directory Users

and Computers

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Group Policy Settings

The location of the RIS Choice Options in the Group Policy Object

Editor console

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Group Policy Settings

The Choice Options dialog box

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Server Property Settings

The Remote Install tab of a RIS server’s properties dialog box

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Server Property Settings

The New Clients tab of the advanced settings dialog box for an RIS server

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Server Property Settings

Computer Account Generation dialog box

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Server Property Settings

The Images tab of the Remote Installation Services Properties dialog box

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Server Property Settings

The Image Properties dialog box

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Perform a Remote Installation of Windows XP Professional

For installing an OS image to a client computer using RIS, it must be ensured that:

The client meets the minimum system requirements for the operating system.

The computer can access the RIS server even if no operating system is installed.

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Perform a Remote Installation of Windows XP Professional Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)-

enabled NICs: PXE provides an ideal way to connect a client

computer with no operating system to an RIS server.

It is possible to configure the NIC as a boot device on computers that support PXE.

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Perform a Remote Installation of Windows XP Professional Prestaging a computer account:

A computer is prestaged by creating a computer account as a managed computer.

Managed computer accounts require the Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) of the NIC in the computer.

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Perform a Remote Installation of Windows XP Professional The product key:

To fill in the product key automatically, the product ID must be added to the answer file.

By default, the answer file is named ristndrd.sif.

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Create an Image from a Reference Computer RIPrep image:

Is created using the Remote Installation Preparation Wizard.

Is prepared from a client computer called a reference computer.

Is used to duplicate the setup on other computers.

Supports the same operating systems as flat images.

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Create an Image from a Reference Computer Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL):

HAL enables the operating system to interact with the computer’s hardware in a general way.

The hal.dll file is used to identify the type of HAL the computer is using.

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Create an Image from a Reference Computer

HAL Versions and Corresponding Original Filenames

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Create an Image from a Reference Computer Installing from a RIPrep image:

The riprep.sif answer file is edited to include the product key.

The answer file is located in R:\RemoteInstall\Setup\English\Images\yourimagefolder\i386\Templates.

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Summary Remote Installation Services (RIS) is used

to install client and server operating systems.

All versions of Windows Server 2003, except the Web Edition, can act as RIS servers.

A flat image is an image of an operating system’s installation CD.

All images require proper licensing.

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Summary Clients of an RIS server should have PXE-

enabled NICs to boot from the network. A RIPrep image is created from an existing

reference computer using the Remote Installation Preparation Wizard.

The HAL allows the operating system to communicate with the computer’s hardware.